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A season with the Austin Ice Bats (named in honor of the Mexican free-tailed bats that roost under the bridge), of the Western Professional Hockey League (WPHL). This is the low minors, not even really a development league. These guys aren't going to the Show and most of them know it, but they love the game and what the heck, they're getting paid $300 a week to play it. The 10 hour bus rides and back to back games and injuries are part of it, but so is the camaraderie, the bantering and running jokes, and cheers of the Bats fans. They manage to keep their biggest rivals, the Shreveport Mudbugs, out of the finals, but end up in last place. Ice hockey in Texas and the South is as crazy as it sounds, but has a following.

I really enjoyed this. In an epilogue he tells what happened to the players - all of them are out of hockey now. After the book was written the league was bought by the Central Hockey League. The Ice Bats folded in 2008 because of competition from the AHL Texas Stars. Only the crusty equipment manager, "Gunner" Garrett, is still in the game, with the Amarillo Gorillas.